Our mission
to enable proficient use of ICT that empowers
individuals, organisations and society,
through the development, promotion and delivery of
quality certification programmes …
throughout the world.
Digital Skills
Certification
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Mission, Values, Actions
Mission Values
Digital Skills
Certification
Global
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non-profit social enterprise
Advocacy
"There is a myth about the digital native and the Google generation kid who, because they are young, are seen as being more computer literate than their parents, but that is totally wrong.
Kids can be very fluid and fast with computers, but they are only fast when they are doing something they have had a lot of practice in.”
Dr. Dan Russell, Google Research Scientist
“Young people’s engagements with digital technologies are varied and often unspectacular”
Neil Selwyn, Academic, Monash University, Australia, Aslib.
Digital Native Fallacy
Skills for the Workplace
Information Worker Productivity Study
“Our survey shows that information workers in Western Europe waste a significant amount of time each week dealing with a variety of challenges related to working with documents. This wasted time costs the organization €14,492 per information worker per year and amounts to a loss of 19.5% in the organization's total productivity.”
Skills for the Workplace
Thinking about your typical workweek, how many hours would you say you spend on the following document-related activities?
Activities related to creating/managing documents (personal productivity)
Activities related to review/approval of documents (collaboration)
Digital Skills in the US
The Digital Skills Gap In The Workforce
Middle-skill jobs, those that require more than a high school education but less than a bachelor’s degree, comprise 39% of U.S. employment.
Two-thirds of Americans don’t have a college degree, and these jobs represent important career opportunities for them.
Nearly eight in 10 middle-skill jobs require digital skills. Spreadsheet and word processing proficiencies have become a baseline requirement for (78%) of middle- skill jobs
From Policy to Action
School Workplace
SecondaryPrimary
Vocational Further Education
3rd Level
Corporate
ICDL ProfileBase Intermediate Advanced
Lifelong Registration | Modular flexibility
Job readiness Job competenceJob ability
Digital Competence requires a Lifelong Learning approach
Delivery Definition
Global Collaborations
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UKIrelandGermanyItalyPoland
KenyaSouth AfricaRwanda
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ICDL Modules
Base Standard Advanced
Computer Essentials
Online Essentials
Word Processing
Spreadsheets
Presentation
Using Databases
Image Editing
Web Editing
IT Security
Project Planning
Online Collaboration
Advanced Word Processing
Advanced Spreadsheets
Advanced Using Databases
Advanced Presentation
How to Adopt ICDL in a School / University
• Adopt ICDL in the school’s ICT Curriculum – Set ICDL as Requirement for all students in schools / universities– Set ICDL as Optional / CCA– Blend ICDL Syllabus into the school existing ICT training plans– Flexible arrangement at affordable price – Standard courseware provided by ICDL Asia– Diagnostic assessment (mock exam) available from ICDL Asia
How to Adopt ICDL in an Organisation
• Adopt ICDL as Recruitment Criteria– Set ICDL as Preference / Requirement for all new staff– Set ICDL as Preference / Requirement for existing staff / promotion
• Adopt ICDL as Staff Learning and Development Benefit– Contact ICDL Asia Accredited Test Centre for services– Complete solution from training needs analysis, training to assessment